1 Topic by Bijay (edited by Bijay 2018-10-31 08:54:48)

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Topic: [SOLVED]Unable to make logical partition onto existing entended.

Hi
I am using a Samsung 250 HDD with legacy BIOS.
I have already 2 primary partitions with addition to 1 extended partition with 5 logical partitions.
I have 125 GB unallocated space on drive. see screensht_1 on my 2nd post
mysteriously GParted could not create further logical partitions.  It is highlighting only 'primary partition' entry.
Then I divided the free space into two halves, one for primary(as /dev/sda4) & other intended for logical partition(as /dev/sda10).
now, the primary one is ready to go but when trying to assign 'logical partition' , options are dimmed. screenshot_2 here
https://postimg.cc/PPnQCftW
I recently installed Debian with LUKS, its working fine. I am using GParted from a 32-bit Ubuntu 14.04.05 live usb.

How can I solve this problem ??

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Re: [SOLVED]Unable to make logical partition onto existing entended.

From the screen shot it appears that there are 3 primary partitions, 1 extended partition, and then 128 GiB of unallocated space.

To use the extra space you will need to grow the extended partition to encompass the 128 GiB of unallocated space.  Once you have done that then you should be able to create logical partitions within the extended partition.

3 Reply by Bijay (edited by Bijay 2018-10-30 19:43:06)

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Re: [SOLVED]Unable to make logical partition onto existing entended.

screensht_1 https://postimg.cc/p55v4Y9F
@gedakc Thanks for your reply.

gedakc wrote:

To use the extra space you will need to grow the extended partition to encompass the 128 GiB of unallocated space.  Once you have done that then you should be able to create logical partitions within the extended partition.

so, How to grow the extended partition??
How do I do that ?     Will it change my current partitions' UUIDs ??

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Re: [SOLVED]Unable to make logical partition onto existing entended.

You can find info in the GParted Manual
https://gparted.org/display-doc.php?name=help-manual

The GParted Documentation page includes links to tutorials, too.
https://gparted.org/documentation.php

Current partitions' UUIDs don't change.

*** It is highly recommended to backup any important files before doing resize/move operations. ***

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Re: [SOLVED]Unable to make logical partition onto existing entended.

Thanks @class413

I will try it & let you know.

6 Reply by Bijay (edited by Bijay 2018-10-31 08:49:25)

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Re: [SOLVED]Unable to make logical partition onto existing entended.

Thanks @class413 @gedakc I did it successfully. I just had to resize the extended partition.
Problem SOLVED. wink